title: Trichlorido(1,3-dimethyl-2,3-di-hydro-1H-imidazol-2-yl-idene-κC (2))aluminium(III).
abstract: The title compound, [Al(C5H8N2)Cl3], was prepared by a thermolytic decomposition under high-vacuum conditions and presents a formal adduct of an Arduengo carbene, 1,3-dimethyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl-idene, and aluminium trichloride. The Al atom adopts a pseudo-tetra-hedral CCl3 coordination environment. All N and C atoms, the Al atom, one of the Cl atoms, and all aromatic H atoms of the mol-ecule lie on a mirror plane. As a result of the mirror symmetry of the mol-ecule, the H atoms of all methyl groups are disordered between symmetry-equivalent positions.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry, Leshan Normal University, Binhe Rd 778, Leshan 614000, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Chong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Xiaofei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Qiao
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wanli
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nie
authors.forename: Maxim V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Borzov